[R] why-s of method dispatching

[Rolf Turner]

Vadim Ogranovich wrote:

> Does R-Core have any plan to promote data.frame to an S4 class? In
> general, is there any "road-map" (formal or informal) for phasing out
> S3 classes?

FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T!!!  S4 classes and methods are incomprehensible
to the human mind, which is what I'm equipped with.  If S3 is phased
out, R will become effectively unusable as a programming language.

				cheers,

					Rolf Turner
					rolf at math.unb.ca